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Parody Outline of History

Name: Parody Outline of History
Author: Donald Ogden Stewart

Donald Ogden Stewart

Read by Lisa Greene, nzk13, Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025), Brian Fullen, Toddster, Marcy Ewing, Monica, Tony Flores, Laurie Rehman and Srikar G · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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INTRODUCTION: A CRITICAL SURVEY OF AMERICAN HISTORY (In the Manner of William Lyon Phelps) (7:26)
CRISTOFER COLOMBO, A Comedy of Discovery (In the Manner of James Branch Cabell) (24:34)
MAIN STREET: Plymouth, Mass. (In the Manner of Sinclair Lewis) (22:15)
THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH (In the Manner of F. Scott Fitzgerald) (14:49)
THE SPIRIT OF '75, LETTERS OF A MINUTE MAN (In the Manner of Ring Lardner) (17:19)
THE WHISKY REBELLION (In the Bedtime Story Manner of Thornton W. Burgess) (10:30)
HOW LOVE CAME TO GENERAL GRANT (In the Manner of Harold Bell Wright) (23:39)
CUSTER'S LAST STAND (In the Manner of Edith Wharton) (9:19)
"FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE WORLD", A DRAMA OF THE GREAT WAR (27:10)